That is a good thought, I'll run it by the client. The email list is, ummm, unique in that the average age of the recipient is probably in the 60s or 70s so we weren't even sure how this was going to work. So we sent out to a test group of 30 and got positive feedback on the attachment route.
Karen -----Original Message----- From: MikeB <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 9:19 am Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RMail question If the file content is the same for all emails, I would put the PDF up on the web server or somewhere accessible and put a link in the email to it. You can't escape the size of the attachment package at the send level. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen > Tellef > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 4:18 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RMail question > > The speed with no attachments is perfectly fine, it's putting that > almost-2MB PDF file on there that slows it down. I tested it with > sending an email with 3 bcc addresses. It took the same 1 min 15 sec > to form the email, then pushed it to the addresses in no additional > time. So it looks like the way to go with big attachments is to send > as a bunch of bcc's. > > Karen > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected]> > To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, May 16, 2014 3:01 pm > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: RMail question > > > If it helps, I sent out 315 html emails of 25.3 KB each, no > attachments, in 1:33. But that includes a 5 minute pause every 40 > emails per my ISP, so actual "mail time" was about an hour. Each one > one was sent individually via a cursor. > > It would interesting to see how multiple addressees per email would > affect the time. > > ISP upload speed is a bit north of 1 Mbps per http://www.speedtest.net/ > and http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ > > Doug > "It's hard to explain puns to a kleptomaniac because they always take > things literally." > > > On 5/16/2014 2:22 PM, Karen Tellef wrote: > > > > Using RMail on a 32-bit 9.5 system. Client is going to be > interested in sending out an email with attachment to a very large > group of people. When I test this with 30 people, emails without an > attachment take about 2-3 seconds to send out. When I include a 1.7MB > PDF file as an attachment, each email takes about 1 min 15 seconds > which won't be real easy with hundreds to send out. (I ran it from the > server itself, not a workstation) > > So first question is if this seems like a "normal" amount of > time. Otherwise, should I think about instead doing a "bcc" to > everyone? Is there a practical limit to the number of > "add_bcc_recipient" addresses I can do in one email, or is it simply > based on an email server's spam limit? I guess I would declare a > cursor, set a counter loop and keep sending "add_bcc_recipient" for a > bunch of them, right? > > Karen > > > > > > ________________________________ > > <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and > malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is > active.
